The appeal regarding service connection for a neurological condition was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the VA Form 10182, and no good cause was shown.
The deciding factor: The appeal was not filed within one year of notification of the rating decision, and no good cause was provided for the untimely submission.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019143
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 945 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lower back condition, bilateral foot condition, and neurological condition as pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors were not addressed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches but denied service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, neurological condition, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper and lower extremities, and skin cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a neurological condition and entitlement to service connection for the Veteran's cause of death for further development, specifically requesting an addendum opinion.
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